1. Trans Rights
Moving ad about transgender bathroom rights, that were run on Fox News on the last night of the GOP Convention. And that's how you change hearts and minds. More info on FairnessUSA.org
2. Coming Out
Parents Throw a Coming Out Party for their 17 year old daughter. These parents are winning when it comes to parenting. Bravo!
3. Remember Pulse Orlando and the Survivors
CBS News created and featured a page remembering the Forty-nine who were killed during the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. They also added the poem by Patience Carter, who was shot in the leg. "The Guilt of Being Alive is Heavy."
4. Hunger Crisis in the LGBT Community
In the New York Times there was an article, "Hunger Crisis in the LGBT Community," written by Roni Rabin who reported that many people in the LGBT community were unable to afford food to feed themselves and their families, at least once in the past year. A new report on hunger notes that 1 in 4 LGBT adults go hungry compared to 1 in 6 heterosexual identified people in the same situation.
5. United Methodist Still Trying to Figure it Out
The United Methodist Church elected its first openly lesbian bishop, Rev. Karen Oliveto the senior pastor of Glide Memorial Church in SF, was elect by the Western Jurisdiction Conferences and the UMC Council of Bishops are losing their minds over it. Read more about it here.
Those are my Top 5 Things you should know for the week of July 18th!
-- CV
This week I decided to post 5 inspirational quotes. 5 quotes I think are inspirational. You may not think so. I don't care, than you go get your own website. Oh, sorry. I should go drink more coffee. I had a little bit of a moment. I'll get into my Zen happy place and repeat the quotes below a couple hundred times. Namaste.
Here we go:
1. "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein
2. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough" -- Mae West
3. "Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength." -- Theodore Roosevelt
4. "Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."
-- Judy Garland
5. "There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live."
-- Dalai Lama XIV
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Happy 4th of July (Independence Day) Holiday!!!
What do we know about 4th of July?
Here's some fun facts:
In 1776 the Continental Congress voted to adopt the Deceleration of Independence from the British Monarchy. Originally voted on July 2, 1776, but then revised and final approval was July 4, 1776. That was 240 years ago. Our country is relatively young compared to many European countries, and other countries around the world.
Two of the Founding Fathers died 50 years after the signing of the Deceleration of Independence on July 4, 1826. Who was it? Answer: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, for $500.
One of the great military leaders that helped the Continental Army become a real army that would defeat the British was known to be a gay man, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. In his biography they said it was an open secret. I never understood what an "open secret" was. It's either a secret or not a secret. Which is is? From LGBTQ Nation, "Meet the gay man who actually won America her independence."
In 1965, a group of gay and lesbian activists from NY, DC, and Philadelphia helped to start the foundation for the LGBT civil rights movement by demonstrating in front of Independence Hall On July 4th from 1965 - 69 in support of gay rights, called "Annual Reminders." The Stonewall Riots was tipping point for the LGBT community and the watershed moment when LGBT activists made a monumental push for LGBT rights in 1969.
Finally, there is much mayhem in the month around July 4th, that occurs, approximately 230 people will have some kind of fireworks-related injury that will bring them to the emergency room. Just remember, don't shoot your guns off in the air, don't stick your face into a firework or hold firecrackers in your hands when you're lighting them. Have a safe Independence Day Celebration. Cheers!